yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] fordhighlander:
my pleasure, for me it just means im less likely to lose service or drop calls. which very useful. utilizing that feature greatly improves the coverage map.
[Motorola Photon 4G] reddragon72:
I would check on this first. For one the roaming agreement that Sprint has is only with Verizon(CDMA). From what I gathered on Sprints website they do not mention who they are in agreement with on roaming in the US but CS told me Verizon is who I would be roaming on. So I would check your account for strange charges before you go crazy using GSM, but at any rate this is awesome info.
[Motorola Photon 4G] fordhighlander:
Im looking into this as we speak, i actually work for Sprint as a repair tech. So i forwarded the info up to our rep. who is going to check on all this before i end up with overages. i will keep you posted...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Brooose:
Sprint used to have roaming agreements with AT&T, Dobson, Cellular One, etc back in the days of "Analog Roaming". I wonder if something here might be a legacy from that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Aychdot:
This item will put a definite buy in for me on this phone. I work in a fringe cellular area (CDMA and GSM), but the office just installed a GSM repeater for Blackberrys and GSM phones. If I could freely roam on the repeater I would have this phone asap.
[Motorola Photon 4G] reddragon72:
That sounds good, but remember if 50% of your calls are roaming three months in a row, or 50% out of 12 month average then they will cut your contract and cancel your account.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Brooose:
I put a working T-mobile SIM in my Photon today and it did not work. It appears that the unlocked status of the phone does not extend to US carriers. I would be interested to see how the included SIM behaves in Canada with Bell or Telus who are roaming partners for Sprint and have both CDMA EvDO Rev A and HSPA+ networks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lodisax:
photon

if I buy in usa photon and took him to Italy, if I put a sim card of Italian telephone operator, the phone works?

thanks for the answer
[Motorola Photon 4G] nezb:
Yes, it should work fine on any international operator.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rotoread:
Mexico

I can confirm it works on 3G here in Mexico on telcel and movistar. Last night i got 5mb/1mb on telcel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Aychdot:
I understand that. I have a phone to use at work, it's just that all calls and internet activity should not be done with company property.:D
[Motorola Photon 4G] lodisax:
guys, I want to be sure before spending the money.

I need someone kindly tell me with certainty that if I buy a used Motorola Phone sprint, then works with Italian sim card vodafone italy.

thanks again to those who respond to me with confidence
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
While i doubt that you would get a specific answer to your question since that would mean someone would have the phone and gone to Italy to try it out to if it works, but I am certain that a few members have mentioned in other threads as well here that that the phone SIM card is unlocked and you can insert any gsm sim card when you are overseas.

TS out
[Motorola Photon 4G] mattvalenz:
I'm a Sprint Launch Ambassador supporting the Photon. The Photon will support int'l unlocked SIM so yes you could use a Vodaphone Italy card and it would work. You can always call Sprint Worldwide Care if you have questions.. 1-888-226-7212.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lodisax:
thanks

I also know that just call spring, but I'm in Italy and so I asked here on the thread.

However, thanks to those who responded to me
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
fordhighlander, you ever manage to get anymore word on how you were able to roam onto GSM and whether there are any charges associated with this?

Anyone else ever see this message and roam onto GSM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
Its funny you mention that, but today when I was driving in an area notorious for not having any signal whatsoever (Bear Mountain, NY) up pops that message if you want to use GSM. I didn't enable it cause I was about to cross the Bridge that takes you into town and about 5 minutes thereafter the Sprint signal came back. But its odd that folks were talking about this and I happened to see it today.

TS out
[Motorola Photon 4G] MultiDev:
Can you answer the question of the OP? Which is does the photon allow the use of SIM cards from AT&T or T-Mobile?

Has anyone else tried it with an AT&T SIM card?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
The samsung intrepid was the last world phone released by Sprint
[Motorola Photon 4G] tx_dbs_tx:
Your question has been answered more than once. Also another member said he tried his T-Mobile sim card with no luck. Read the posts, theres some good info.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MultiDev:
I know other members have offered their opinion. I was hoping to get a straight answer from the Sprint representative. I even specifically quoted him. Sorry about the miscommunication. Should have worded the question differently.
[Motorola Photon 4G] qipengart:
Now we need to figure out how to rewrite these radio files then?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
We have to get an unlocked bootloader first
[Motorola Photon 4G] masterhuh:
Any thoughts as to if a US provider sim will work out of the country? I have an AT&T sim I use out of country for work as it has unlimited international data.

Thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] wireless.praying.mantis:
The last 3 Sprint CDMA handsets with global capabilities prior to the Motorola Photon 4G were actually the Motorola XPRT (Android Froyo), the Motorola ES400S (WM 6.5) and the Blackberry Bold (RIM OS 6), not the Samsung Intrepid as you mentioned.

The Motorola Photon 4G does not operate on the 850/1900 MHz GSM spectrum. It will work though on the 900/1800 MHz one.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rotoread:
It works on the 850/1900 spectrum with umts. I use it here in mexico same freq as att
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yogi3:
Not to be a smart ass but I use to own the Samsung Ace SPH-i325 and it was a global phone but would not do 3G nor EDGE.
[Motorola Photon 4G] detcup4evr:
Doesn't Nextel Use GSM? I am going to guess that you stayed on sprint's network and it wasn't really roaming
[Motorola Photon 4G] rooder:
Nextel uses IDEN
[Motorola Photon 4G] liudroid:
In us，the gsm band might be locked by sprint ，so in the theory AT&T,T-mobile sim card donot work，because，they are competitor. but，in overseas，gsm sim card can work.

I bought the photon last week from us.unfortunately，it cant work in chinese cdma.put sim card，the cell phone dont look for network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] myphone12345:
I don't think that's right. It clearly says on the box that it supports GSM850/1900. The phone's radio appears to be programmed however to ignore GSM signals of US-based carriers, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it won't be able to pick up signals of foreign GSM carriers operating on those frequencies.
[Motorola Photon 4G] nick7722:
Well, this was mentioned on another thread, there are a couple of NV items that are related to these bands, I read them using Radiocomm and confirmed what was posted elsewhere in this forum, these two items might contain a suppression code for specific carriers, not sure how it works or how to interpret the data, so I'll post it here with the hope that somebody can make some sense out of it:

NV 4871, NV_GSM_DCS_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I

Data:

200376FD000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000090A7E

NV 4872, NV_GSM_1900_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I

Data:

EE0276FD00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000093DD7E

Forgot to mention, this info was read from a MB612 (XPRT) from Sprint, I also have a MB855 (Photon/Sunfire) but I could not read it from it (yet), I'll post the data strings once I'm able to read them...
[Motorola Photon 4G] unsane:
interesting.....now we need a real unlocked bootloader, and some devs who can whip up some custom keys to a custom radio and were in......it can happen, just not by me...lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] farookh:
Photon has exactly same read with cdmaworkshop

04871 (0x1307) - OK

20 03 76 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

04872 (0x1308) - OK

EE 02 76 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[Motorola Photon 4G] nick7722:
Well setting those two items to 0's did not make any difference... I live in a Mexican border city and use a Telcel (Mexico) SIM card, everything works fine this side of the border, as soon as I cross to the US side the signal is gone... so I thought setting these to 0's might do something (whether good or bad) but the behavior is exactly the same...
[Motorola Photon 4G] pagapervedere:
since the photon works on overseas gsm networks....

Someone could confirm that works with Italian Hspa...to surf on web in High speed?

Does the market android has any restriction?

language is only English?

before get it and spent money i'll know any issues !

thanks...
[Motorola Photon 4G] nick7722:
The odds of having an Italian user (of this forum) that owns a photon that can answer your question are minimal... I can confirm it works with Telcel and Movistar Mexico (850/1900 GSM bands) and have read that it works on all networks not related to AT&T or T-Mobile...

On which band does your carrier operate? I've read that most European carriers work on the 2100 band...
[Motorola Photon 4G] pagapervedere:
my network is H3G Italy and works on 850-900-1900-2100 .....

in italian forum said me that photon is ok !
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
OK if you had an HTC Touch Pro 2 on Sprint you gone through this before...The HTC Touch Pro 2 on Sprint and Verizon was a CDMA/GSM world phone...on Sprint the GSM was unlocked out of the box

....BUT...

The GSM radio rom had a soft block of the US GSM networks (AT&T and T Mobile)

This is Sprint SOP for their CDMA/GSM world phone

Once the phone was unlocked so you could flash new radio roms the phone would work just fine on US GSM networks

This was all over XDA and PPC Geeks at the time...

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-578642.html

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-tp2-...us-touch-pro-2-cid-security-sim-unlocker.html
[Motorola Photon 4G] acaciadragon:
hi, i have a question, the data is working for you? and you buy the phone directly from sprint? i buy the phone from ebay and will arrive in some days but im not sure if data will work in colombia, thanks for the answer
[Motorola Photon 4G] outkast22:
?

i just inserted my AT&T card and i couldnt get it to work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
I think we'll have to make a custom radio image to flash to the phone... I remember with the HTC Hero we could flash radio images from other phones (even Verizon ones), so since Sprint doesn't have any other Motorola phones like ours, we would have to look at possibly the Droid * radios. Else we can modify ours, but I'm not too sure how we would go about finding what to edit. Oh, and were those addresses in hexadecimal?

EDIT

And to clear things up:

Any domestic GSM carrier (AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.) that is IN the United States of America will currently not work with the Photon. However, any INTERNATIONAL (outside of United States of America, eg. Mexico, Italy, UK, France, etc.) will work. Sprint/Motorola blocked domestic GSM usage... but we will break the block :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] mclord:
Does it work with Chinese GSM, specifically 中国移动 or中国联通？

Because I am buying one and planning using it in China.

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
So apprently the photon was released today in Japan.

Anyone else thinking we may be able to steal their GSM radio image, push it to our devices and have domestic towers unlocked that way? I doubt it will be that easy, and Im not even sure if we have a way to update our radio images ATM.

I personally will never use it, but its a thought.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
Highly highly doubtful. it won't work on sprint anymore. Its going to have to be modified.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
Well, sprint doesn't have GSM signal domestically anyways. The idea would be to grab just the GSM portion of their radio - if at all possible, I assume its possible since it is 2 different radios.

In theory that would leave the CDMA radio intact and working with Sprint, while letting us use a Japanese GSM radio firmware- and if it is the "same device" (I am assuming its a Electrify like on US Cellular so sans 4g) With different radio software, I couldn't for the life of me think why it wouldn't work. Maybe with a little coercing for signature validations and what not.

But honestly i'm not scared to brick my phone so if I can get an image of it and a working Sim card, I will try it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Suroky:
Yes, it works in Colombia, Mine is working with Comcel, and I am getting the very same speed (HPSA+) I get with other devices.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lanypr:
Hi everyone I'm rooted and have an SQLeditor in my photon an was navigating around the SQL databases and found Settings Storage (com.android.providers.settings) and there is a whole bunch of settings about GSM domestically and international settings. For example the le. GSM_mobile_data is set to zero. Could anyone take a look at it theSQLeditor is in the market if you need it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wesleyyin:
Yes.

With a SIM card, calls and data will work like a charm but no MMS. Check out bbs.gfan.com/forum-690-1.html if you read Chinese. There are simple ways to enable MMS as well.

Besides the two GSM operators, China Telecom operates a CDMA network. Photon 4G will work with its UIM card, but you will need to use QPST to change two settings to "Simple IP only" and "R-UIM only", and also upload the operator's PRL.
[Motorola Photon 4G] davekung:
Based on the NVRAM data dump in earlier msg, I googled the string "GSM_1900_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION"

and found a header file in the following link

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...RmG-0dQTfUl1s1BQA&sig2=3b7IRpgxLWMTI665uJSUew

Can anyone make sense of the source code? You can search the file for that string
[Motorola Photon 4G] frizzit:
This file just identifies what variables are... for best resultes open with notepad++

/* Type to hold gsm_1900_carrier_suppression */

typedef PACKED struct PACKED_POST{

int16 gsm_1900_carrier_suppression[2];

} nvi_gsm_1900_carrier_suppression_type;

NVI_HDR_RX_DIV_BC_ENABLE_MASK_I = 4325,

NVI_CDMA_RX_DIV_BC_ENABLE_MASK_I = 4326,

NVI_GSM_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I = 4327,

NVI_GSM_850_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I = 4328,

NVI_GSM_DCS_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I = 4329,

NVI_GSM_1900_CARRIER_SUPPRESSION_I = 4330,

NVI_DVBH_STORE_NW_INFO_TO_EFS_I = 4331,

NVI_DVBH_EFS_NW_INFO_EXPIRY_TIME_I = 4332,

NVI_DVBH_NW_ACQ_ON_CELL_ID_MISMATCH_I = 4333,

NVI_DVBH_WAIT_FOR_NIT_OTHER_I = 4334,

the numbers are address locations of the stored values

they are the variables that hold gain and voltage and voltage controlled oscillator settings everything required to run a communications radio.

but judging by the header header

DESCRIPTION

This file is generated by NVC and contains constants, types, and definitions

of all items in NV that are used internally by NV module.

$Header: //source/qcom/qct/core/pkg/2H09/halcyon_modem/rel/LA2.0/AMSS/products/7x30/core/services/nv/src/nvi_items.h#1 $

Copyright (c) 2006 by QUALCOMM Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.

this would not be for the chip in the photon... to old

Edit:

This phone can't be the only thing using this chip... what about mini pcie cards with not carrier specific branding... they have radios that work on any network
[Motorola Photon 4G] theslug:
TBH Droid hack might work? Probably not but hey, can't hurt...

Try reading NV item 8258 record 1 with 0 offset and length 5e. On some of the verizon motorola droid phones (2 global, pro), changing that first byte from 0C to 00 would unlock the GSM radio for US towers. I briefly had an XPRT, and the byte was already set to 00 and sitll locked. So I'd imagine the chances of it working on a photon are even slimmer, but it's worth a look to see... Posted this in another thread too but it seems like you guys are actually set up to read the value. I'd test, but no photon!

PS: this is the TBH droid US unlock. It stopped working on newer verizon firmwares, too... So I'm not expecting it to work... but you never know.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mammolastan:
I support this endeavor, and wish I could help the progress.

I would love to use my photon on tmobile, even if I don't get the high speed data rate.
[Motorola Photon 4G] computer4less:
help

did i can use it with simple mobile or at&t??

---------- Post added at 12:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 PM ----------

did i can use it with simple mobile or at&t?
[Motorola Photon 4G] frizzit:
@theslug do you know the seem heading for that entry?
[Motorola Photon 4G] theslug:
No, sorry, I don't. I don't have my XPRT anynore. But it doesn't look like future hacks of this type will work with radiocomm for the moto CDMA-GSM phones. See post 3 @ http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-pro-update-zip-public-release.html#post98026 :

"The band lock itself was moved out of the NVM and incorporated into the radio image to make it harder to defeat at the request of VZW.

We may still be able to isolate it but may not have access to it in the NVM.

This is why we have opened it up for development to help answer some of these questions and even apply it to phones like the D3."

Probably the same thing going on here...
[Motorola Photon 4G] wesleyyin:
'cause that's Verizon, I'd say there might still be a hope with NVRAM. If we can find a table of NV keys and seem IDs for MDM6600, it may give us a clue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] raju_a:
@wesleyyin

Can u explain the above steps in slightly detailed manner. As I would like to use Photon on a CDMA network in INDIA using R-UIM.

Thanx
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrgaret87:
3G issue

Hi,

Im from Dominican Republic and I got a Photon, the phone use to works fine with my carrier, but since 2 weeks ago the 3G network is unavailable. My carrier is Claro Dominicana (GSM 850 MHz) and searching for the possible problem I think that one of the motorola update block that band since is the same one as ATT. I had rooted the phone and try with custom roms and also restore it to the stock rom but with no luck. Does anyone have face this issue? Is there a solution for this?

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] orb360:
Anyone try this with straighttalk or another third-party carrier that provides SIMs?
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
Deleted - didn't realize I was replying to a several-month old bumped thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mightymike889:
i have a mytouch 4g and i wanted to no how to change the splash screen if its the same way?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Why would you post it in the G2X section? Haha. We don't even know how to change splash screens yet. :/

But I'm pretty sure I saw a thread in the MT4G section. I'll post it if I find it for you. :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mightymike889:
no i just got a G2x and wanted to no if you could change it like i changed my splashscreen with the mytouch 4g
[XPERIA X10 General] solidus935:
hi all, i have a xperia x10a and a tilt 8925. I want to transfer the messages from the tilt to the xperia. does anyone know of a way to do so? i have tried quite a few windows mobile apps to copy the message of the phone but the xperia wont accept it.
[XPERIA X10 General] deepthroat:
hi ... if you're saying about a multi-platform sms backup and restore, well I never hear any existed. Sorry, but maybe someone have better experience.
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
on the windows mobile. in the following location

start/programs/file explorer/my device/

there should be a file called PIM.vol on it

copy that to pc and try to find a way to convert is to CSV file for importing as a gmail address book

Additionally there is tools thatll convert the PIM file for you
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] all steamed out:
Hi to All,

Before using my headset to listen to music I set the Ringer volume at maximum.

But the moment I touch the Volume rocker switch to change the media volume (during music play) the Ringer Volume automatically reduces and lowers to match the media volume.

After this has happened if a call comes in the only way I know is that the music mutes but I hear no ring tone. If I am lucky and in a very quiet environment I can just barely hear the ringtone in the background.

Is anyone else having this problem - and even better is there a solution?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vis80k:
I have the same concern, but it seems no one has any good answer.

in my case, I have this problem after I migrated to a ICS ROM. I have this problem both in stock and other custom ROMs.

I used audio concert app while in GB to have different volume profiles for with/without headset connected, and from what I can remember, I could hear the ringtone and notification sounds loud and clear.

On ICS, even if I set ringtone volume at MAX with headset connected, the ringtone is inaudible. The only way to notice an incoming call or sms is by music being muted. For ringtone, it is longer and so more noticeable, but for sms, it often goes unnoticed...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ranasrule:
Is there any way to change the useragent in Opera Mini so that it displays full pages insted of mobile versions ?
[HTC EVO 3D] inayat:
Hello.

I'm trying to browse files on my HTC EVO 3D via bluetooth. To accomplish this, I went into:

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Bluetooth Settings-> Bluetooth Advanced Settings

I enabled FTP Server

I then went to:

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Bluetooth Settings->

And made the device discoverable.

From the Bluetooth Devices panel in Windows 7, I went to "Add a Device"

The device was found, I entered the pair code displayed in windows into my EVO 3D and then . . . I get an error message that the drivers were not installed properly.

If I select my HTC EVO 3D in the Bluetooth Devices panel and click "Troubleshoot" it detects problems ans suggests the followings:

Install a driver for this device

The Driver for Bluetooth Peripheral Device is not installed. Install the latest driver for the device.

Apply this fix

Skip this fix

Continue troubleshooting without applying this fix.

If I click "Apply this fix" it ultimately shows:

Device driver software was not successfully installed

Bluetooth Peripheral Device X No Driver found

Since it doesn't have a driver, I can't access the EVO 3D.

Any ideas as to where I can find this driver or otherwise get this to work?

USB transfer works, HTC Sync works over USB, bluetooth headsets work, the phone pairs via bluetooth to the PC but I can't do anything with it because there are no drivers.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] gabemeyers:
ditto to the t, nice explanation of exactly whats happening.
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
Hahahaha works perfectly on my mac.. ;)

Do you have the htc drivers installed?

Edit: you do, did you try uninstalling them?
[HTC EVO 3D] oreoOozZz:
Same problem here man, i think its just 64-Bit because alot of other people are having the same problem with alot of devices while the 32-Bit guys are connecting without a hitch.
[HTC EVO 3D] anachronism:
Windows bluetooth driver(s) for EVO 3D?

I'm having the same problem. I'm running Vista 32-bit. Where can I find the necessary bluetooth driver??

Thanks!